South Korea on Tuesday announced it was open for dialogue at a border village raising hopes of peace in the Korean peninsula.

Dialogue between North and South Korea wasn't possible if I was not firm: Trump

South Korea Tuesday proposed high-level talks with Pyongyang on January 9, after the North's leader Kim Jong-Un called for better relations and said his country might attend the Winter Olympics in the South

South Korea proposes high-level talks with North Korea on January 9

In a televised address to the nation, North Korean leader?Kim Jong Un said his country was "a peace-loving and responsible nuclear power"

Sanctions beginning to have big impact on North Korea: Trump

Kim used his televised New Year's Day speech to declare North Korea 'a peace-loving and responsible nuclear power' and call for lower military tensions and improved ties with the South

North Korea's Kim says 'open to dialogue' with South Korea, will use nukes only if threatened

WION morning news brief, January 2, 2018

Kim Jong-Un also said that North Korea must mass-produce nuclear weapons and missiles

'Nuclear button is always on my table': North Korea's Kim Jong-Un

China has been enabling North Korea, the pariah state to pose the biggest threat to the peace and security architecture in East Asia and beyond

Opinion: The China-North Korea unholy nexus

WION morning news brief, January 1, 2018

South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, a customs official said on Sunday

South Korea seizes second ship suspected of providing oil to North Korea

WION Evening News Brief, December 31, 2017

Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive Communist state

Russian tankers fuelled North Korea via transfers at sea: Sources

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China had looked into the report of a Chinese ship transferring oil to a North Korean vessel and found it to be inaccurate

China rejects Trump accusation on North Korea sanction breaches

Trump said on Twitter that China had been "caught" allowing oil into North Korea

After Trump criticism, China says no illicit oil sales to North Korea

The ban of the four vessels -- the Ul Ji Bong 6, Rung Ra 2, Sam Jong 2 and Rye Song Gang 1 -- brings the UN's total number of blocked ships to eight

UN bars four North Korean ships from international ports

China earlier on Thursday said there had been no UN?sanction-breaking oil sales by Chinese ships to North Korea

'Disappointed' on China allowing oil into North Korea, Trump tweets

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke over the phone a day after the US announced sanctions against North Korea

US, Russia agree to work on diplomatic solution to North Korea crisis

Pyongyang is under multiple UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests and is prohibited from carrying out any launch using ballistic missile technology including satellites

North Korea preparing to launch satellite: Report

According to reports, most trains running on Amritsar/Ludhiana to New Delhi route were running late or had to be rescheduled.

WION morning news brief, December 23, 2017

Japan which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month said the resolution against North Korea was passed by 15-0 vote.

UN imposes new sanctions against North Korea, Trump hails decision

Japan, on the other hand, has signed a deal with the US to introduce Aegis Ashore missile in a move to combat 'increasing North Korean threats'

US, Canada to host talks to keep 'pressure' on North Korea

North Korea has defended its weapons programmes as necessary to counter US aggression

Japan and South Korea urge China to do more to 'pressure' North Korea

The Aegis Ashore system shall be introduced at two locations

Japan to bolster missile defence system against North Korea's 'threats'

'The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible,' Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser at the White House

North Korea 'directly responsible' for WannaCry cyber attack: US homeland security adviser

The man who has been identified as Choi Han Chan, a 59-year-old from Sydney's Eastwood, allegedly breached United Nation's sanctions and Australian federal law, and has been charged with brokering sales and discussing the supply of weapons of mass destruction

Sydney man charged with acting as agent for North Korea

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